Is it me or....

I'm really boring and will eat the same salad for years without getting tired of it. In fact, I could probably eat the same four dishes (tofu stirfry, chicken spinach salad, bolognese, red lentil curry) until December and still want to continue with them into the new year. Mmm, repetition. it's sick, I know!

If you're intent on eating a salad and besting your coworker, why not make them really interesting? Vary your protein with marinated chicken or tofu, lentils, beans, etc. Cook this all up at the start of the week so you can choose something yummy and different each day. Then top the salads as you please. You could roast a pan of vegies at the start of the week and do roast vegie and rocket salads (with tuna or even something different like leftover roast beef/pork) for the first few days. Then mix the dregs of the veg with a little bit of feta and sauteed kale, topping with, say, some black beans the third day. The other two days you could have spinach, and chicken salads and make them taste totally different. The first could be done with a balsamic dressing, a few dried cranberries, some raw green beans and flaked almonds. The second could have a white wine vinegar and dijon dressing with toasted sunflower seeds and grated carrot.

Remember, if you can eat it you can put it on a salad.

Yes batch cooking will help!

If you are a cookbook person, I suggest cultural cookbooks such as Chinese. While there are "exotic" ingredients, they give me ideas and inspiration as to have to take my everyday ingredients to another level without having to go to the supermarket. Remember, salads do not have to be cold and beets and beans aren't for everyone. Be inspired by your meals. Bon apetit!

Can't say that it bothers me. In fact I find that it helps with cravings. I eat a salad & cheese sandwich for lunch every day, and generally have the same breakfast (fiber one) and snacks (apples, peaches, carrots & cheese, scrambled egg in a high-fiber tortilla, air-popped popcorn, light yogurt) every day as well. The only thing that varies is my dinner. I've found that when I stray from these staples I have cravings for other stuff. It's like my tastebuds forget about the stuff I don't eat often, and when I do have them I start craving them again. It's what works for me...

Then don't eat salad everyday -- or redefine your idea of a salad. It doesn't have to be lettuce with celery and cucumbers. A salad can be roasted veggies and chicken, diced and tossed together with balsamic dressing (VERY tasty); some tuna salad; chicken salad mixed with mayo or ranch dressing, grapes or apples and some walnuts or pecans. My favorite of all time is taco salad: crunchy romaine lettuce with any meat (ground or shredded beef, leftover chicken, pork) with tomatoes, green onion, shredded cheese, sour cream, avocado and some salsa as the dressing. Its huge, easy and super filling.

Yes! I'm not a big fan of salads.
Since moving back in with my parents they eat salads as a part of every dinner and then pack salads for lunch the next day.
It gets very boring and then sooner or later i lose my appetite when i think of salads.
sucks! So instead of chicken salad i just have chicken for lunch the next day lol.

I don't think I understand. Do you want to lose your appetite? Why would you eat something you don't like?

Salad doesn't necessarily equate healthy. I like salad, I'll eat it when I want it. But I also spice it up with low calorie, well balanced other foods. A flat bread sandwhich or a skinny bagel at Bruegger's, or a nice bowl of soup, even a burger if I can control what's in/on it. Why do you feel the need you *have* to eat salad every day?

I absolutely love salads, though. I just built my menu around things I already liked, which made the transition a lot easier. then again, never been a huge fan of junk food, fatty food, or empty calories.

I work 70 hours a week, and don't have time to cook during the week. So on the weekends, I take a few hours and cook 3 or 4 different dishes, cut up my fruit, make my salad, and individually portion everything out. All the meals go into the freezer, so I have about 6 options to pick from for lunch or dinner (obviously i don't go through the 20 something portions from these meals in one week), i don't eat the salad everyday, sometimes i just make a sandwich (whole wheat wrap, turkey, different kinds of mustard, sometimes avacado!), and preplan my meals for the week, down to every last snack. Then I pack up in the morning based off my menu for the day and off I go. Variety is key, or the diet won't stick!!!!

Is it me or does the thought of eating the same thing, particularly salads, everyday after-- oh, say 2 weeks straight--seem to make me lose my appetite?

I feel the same way about salads. That's why I quit eating them, and most other healthy foods. I now go to various buffets for lunch each day.

I eat the same breakfast and lunch 4 out of 7 days a week. Breakfast is a fruit and whey protein smoothie and luch is salad with either grilled or boiled chicken on it. So four days a week, same thing. But I like to switch the salad up with different dressings or toppings. I added corn salsa on mine today. Sometimes its bean sprouts or sunflower seeds. I like to make my own dressings at home too, keep the sodium low and calorie content to a minimum.
I don't necessarily think its the food that makes people eat it every day. I do it for convenience and so I know I'm controling at least two meals a day and I know they are good for me.

You just need to find a salad you love! Or try to get a couple of salads you like to go back in forth between them

If you can stand to eat left overs, have a different dinner everynight and cook/order enough food for lunch the next day. That way you have 5 different lunches during the week.